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In Brief: MSF and AEEU announce merger plans
The MSF and AEEU unions have announced merger plans.The 'new union' project will be discussed at MSF's conference in May, after which there will be a ballot of members.
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In Brief: The Royal College of Nursing issues helath agenda
The Royal College of Nursing has issued its health agenda for London's mayoral candidates, calling on them to create a public health officer for the capital, carry out policy health impact assessments, improve primary care and tackle issues such as pollution.
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In Brief: St George's Hospital
A £48m development to sweep away Victorian wards at St George's Hospital in Tooting and provide modern accommodation for cardiothoracic and neurosciences services has been approved by health secretary Alan Milburn.The work will be funded through the private finance initiative.
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In Brief: Essex Rivers Healthcare trust hits waiting list target
Essex Rivers Healthcare trust has announced that it has hit its waiting-list target for the first time since 1996 by getting lists down from 7,614 last April to 5,926 in March, passing its target of 6,238.Chief executive Mike Pollard said staff had 'worked beyond the call of duty'.
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NHS spared worst in limit on damages
A Court of Appeal decision to limit a rise in damages for pain and suffering in personal injury cases has been welcomed by NHS experts, who had feared the cost of medical negligence would rise by tens of millions of pounds more than now looks likely.
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Hospital dumped baby's organs
Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool threw away the organs of a baby that were due to be returned to his parents for burial after a 'difference of opinion' between two staff members, a report has found.
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Star quality
Children take part in the annual Happy Hearts lantern parade through Gateshead with lights made of willow sticks and tissue paper.Lantern workshops are organised by Gateshead council and funded by local health and arts organisations. The parade started seven years ago to stress the importance of healthy living.
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Anger at surgeon shortage after five-day refusal of donor kidneys
Kidney experts have accused the government of making 'no tangible response' to a serious shortage of transplant surgeons that contributed to a five-day suspension of operations at University Hospital of Wales last week.
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Scandal-trust chief 'unlikely' to return to city
The suspended chief executive of North Lakeland Healthcare trust, which last week was the subject of a damning external review report into the abuse of mentally ill patients, has admitted it is unlikely he will return to work in Carlisle.
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Audit report hits out at equipment supplies' 'recipe for inefficiency'
The organisation of equipment services for elderly and disabled people is 'a recipe for inequality and inefficiency', the Audit Commission has found.
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Left holding the baby
Boadcaster Michael Palin meets Kirsty Thew and her daughter at the Sheffield hospital where he had his tonsils removed, and admires a new wall painting in the neonatal ward.Mr Palin was visit ing Sheff ield Children's Hospital to unveil the painting, commissioned in an arts for health programme funded by ...
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Private care could face tough new era
Private hospitals and clinics will come under an unprecedented level of scrutiny if plans set out by the Department of Health last week are implemented.
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Power to ban doctors for life moves closer
Life bans for criminal or bad doctors came a step closer last week with a government consultation document proposing a radical shake-up of the way the General Medical Council works.
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PCTs' mental health role doubted by MPs
Primary care trusts lack the 'depth of expertise'needed to take responsibility for mental health services, according to Commons health select committee members.